University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown